U.S. Military Titles, Salutations, and Address Lines--Officers

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Pay

Army

AirForce

MarineCorps

USA, USAF,& USMC

Navy & Coast GuardUSN & USCG

Pay

Grade

A b b r e v I a t I o n

Salutation

ABBR

Salutation

Grade

0-10

GEN

Gen

Gen

ADM

0-10

0-9

LTG

Lt Gen

LtGen

VADM

0-9

0-8

0-7

MG

BG

Maj Gen

Brig Gen

MajGen

BGen

General

RADM

Admiral

0-8

0-7

0-6

0-5

COL

LTC

Col

Lt Col

Col

LtCol

Colonel

CAPT

CDR

Captain

Commander

0-6

0-5

0-4

MAJ

Maj

Maj

Major

LCDR

LieutenantCommander

0-4

0-3

0-2

0-1

CPT

1LT

2LT

Capt

1st Lt

2d Lt

Capt

1stLt

2ndLt

Captain

Lieutenant

LT

LTJG

ENS

Lieutenant

Lieutenant (jg)

Ensign

0-3

0-2

0-1

W-5

CW5

CWO-5

Mr.

---

---

W-5

W-4

CW4

CWO-4

Miss

CWO4

Chief

W-4

W-3

CW3

---

CWO-3

Mrs.

CWO3

Warrant

W-3

W-2

CW2

CWO-2

Ms.

CWO2

Officer

W-2

W-1

CW1

WO

WO1

Warrant Officer

W-1

ALL official Salutations include Last Name:Dear Lieutenant Commander Smith:,Dear General Smith:, Dear Miss Smith:, etc.

It should be relatively easy to match the Title abbreviations above to the ranks spelled out here in the same order, divided by semicolons where the Salutation changes--